Almost as old as the oldest civilisation is the myth of the flood. The story of a few who survive the waters through divine intervention, and the help of a boat… but the flood we face is not a myth, and we have no one to save us but ourselves…. …the opening line of this […]
Included a band
The Time and Tide Bell captures imaginations. I had come across the project online, when doing some research for a lecture I gave on Land Art. As an artist myself I had long been interested in art which addressed climate change and living near the coast I had myself already made and exhibited a video […]
A close-up of the patina developing from the seas off Anglesey photo credit Millie Bower
At low tide in Summer
This relatively early photo shows the bell before it had begun to acquire the patina of the sea around Anglesey. The mounting framework was contributed to the project by apprentices at the nearby Wylfa Nuclear Power Station - now closed.
Poem and translation by Gyndwr Thomas
Gillian Clarke, 2014 (then National Poet of Wales) This poem was composed for and read at the dedication of the bell.
